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Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
The Average Persian.

Let me try to give faithful portrait of the average Persian. Under thin veneering of good nature, hospitality, politeness and amiability, he conceals every one of the seven deadly sins. It is significant fact that no words cor responding to our love, gratitude, virtue, honor, patriotism, conscience or peni- tence exist in. modern Persia. The words serving as substitutes have alto gether different meaning. "Takewah" means piety, or rather observance of the ritualistic laws; Hummer" docs not mean honor, but smartncss and cunning; ''ncmeki haeram" Literally, good salt and bad salD only refer to theSrntes of hospitality; ''peshimani'' is2-n5t peni- tence, but grief at the non-success of a scheme, and "ishk" is not love, but the only feeling the Persian knows under that name.
 That the Persian is phenomenal liar is we'll known, and need not be dwelt upon. Like most towards he is also fond of inflicting pain where he may do so safely. Cruelty seems inborn with him. have seen little children of both sexes stoning poor cur to death and literally hacking a miserable cat to pieces, just for the fun of tho thing, and without any interference from their pa- rents, often even with their active CO., operation. The death penalty is usually carried out with view of making tho culprit undergo the most horrible tor lures, and of affording grateful sight to the callous populacc. On the Koop- Kapu in Teheran, tho square in the heart of tho city where the executions usually take place, half score of de- linquents are often placed on the raised platform, sprmount- ed by tho pole painted a brilliant scarlet, and in flu sight of the rabb!e assembled they have their throats cut, their hearts torn out, their ears and noses slit, their tongues pulled out, their eyes scared, or boiling pitch poured over their naked bodies, to everybody's great delcctation, except tho parties directly concerned. Along the highways one meets, stuck in the ground, short hollow pillars with the upper opening closed with gypsum. Each of these contains man, condemned criminal, walled up alive. Faint groans may often be heard by passers-by, for this mode of death is slow and very painful but no body thinks it worth his while to liber- ate the poor wretch or to terminate his sufferings by merciful blow. "Kis. met!" they say. ''Such is fate7"-[ -[Cos 1 mopolitan.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
New Soup Pot for the French Army.


 Without his soup the French soldier is nothing, and during the Franco-Ger- man campaign Zouaves and Tirailleurs were often surprised by Prussians or Ba- vsrians while engaged in skimming their pot au leu or watching the simmering of their soupe aux potreaux.
 Gen. Forron proposes to prevent any recurrence of this disastrous state of affairs by adopting campaign cooking pot, which shall enable each particular Bumanet or Tommy Atkins to make his own soup, and that of course more speedily than when he had to prepare it for three besides himself in the rather cumbersome and complicated apparatus which was set down in the books of the army stores and the inventories in the barrack rooms as the utensile quatre.
 The new soup pot was tried with suc cess some years ago in France and Al geria, but in 1882 it was rejected by Gen. Billet on the ground that it would destroy esprit de corps by isolating the soldiers from each other. Gen. Ferron combats this view by alleging that the soup may be divided between three at least when made in the new pot, and that in any case comradeship was not so we'll fostered under tho quadruple re- gime as to necessitate tho continuance of the old marmites; but his great req sons for the change arc based on the speed and the saving which the new pot will realize.-[St James Gazette.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
CYYt,

Many of my readers know that "cwt" stands for "hunaredweight," for have they not used it themselves when doing their sums? But I think few could tell how this strange sign came to be em- ployed. And yet when they learn its meaning they will find it very simple. c stands for ''hundred;' 1t is the first letter of the Latin word centum, hun dred. If you will look in your Bible you will notice that the hundredth psalm is marked "Psalm C." Then "wt." is merely short for "weight.' , Thus you have "hundredwcight' (cwt.). ---[ Little Folks.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
POliteneSS,

It is said that Louis XIV, the most naughty and magnificent monarch of modern times, used to lift his hat even to the female servants of his court. If SO, no man need think that he derogates from his dignity by keeping his hat off in a respectable shop when he is served by woman. Even in business inter- course politencss need not be banished. In England, for instance, checks are marked, "Pay to-" In France they are worded, "Veuillez payer'' Please to pay" "Kindly pay" etc. Chicago Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
HUMOROUS.

Electricity is very serious matter, and yet Edison makes light of it.
 An Electric "Belle."-A female op orator at the telegraph office.
 A d-headed book-keeper should never try to wipe his pen on his hair.
 In the bright lexicon of speculation there is nothing so uncertain as sure thing.
 Hardly anybody would care to change places with the turtle, and yet he has great snap
 English statesmen live longer than American statesmen, but they don't have so much fun.
 ''I aim to tell the truth" "Ycs," in terrupted an acquaintance, "but you arc very bad shot,"
 "Can you recommend for mo good homo course of botany" asks a corrc- spondent. Yes, the flour barrel.
 Cally-Miss Peterson has remarkably small eyes. Daily-Ycs, they look small, but she has had young man in 'cm for long time.
 There is one advantage, said MT. Jones, in having common, prosy name. You arc in no danger of having it spelled wrong in the papers.
 A girl who was told by an old bont- man to be sure and have her boat we'll trimmed went to work and sewcd two silk founces around the gunwale.
 The King of Spain, although but littlo moro than ono year old, is general off cer in the Spanish army. Of course he is in the infantry service. He has been innrms all his life.
 A clergyman on sultry afternoon paused in his sermon and said: 'I saw an advertisement for 800 sleepers for . railroad. think could supply at least fifty and recommend them as good and 1 sound"
 Wife Cat brcakfasD. want to do some shopping to-day, dear, if tho weather is favorable. What are the probabilitlcs2'" Husband, (consulting his paper. .-'Rain, hail, thunder, and lightning"
 "Ain't you in, Maria7" he quericd, as he fumblcd around with the latchkey ''No, ain't I'm out. Out of sugar, out of tea, out of flour, and out of paticnce," snapped female voice from an upper window.
 She-You visited the Italian cities while abroad, of course, MT. Smith2 He 70 yes. She-Isu't Naples m inter- csting placea He-It is, indeed. staid there nearly two weeks, just on account of the macaroni. A doctor who had been attending . dairyman's hired girl called at the house the other day. "How's your milkmaid7' he asked of the farmer when he came to the door. 'It's none of your business how our milk is made" was the indig- nant response, and the door slammed most emphatically. Up from the rustling corn-feld The crow flies toward tAe sun, For he smells the black gunpowder, And the screened small boy with gun.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
VOL. XVII.
Experience,

APOA Don't lose your temper or your time, Or fret your soul minute, Because this good old roomy world Has foolish people in it. By not one wholly useless weed The fsrtile earth is chmbered; Then count not these can do no good, Or with them you'll be numbered. If all began by being wise, Each one his sphere adorning, From wisdom's way wfyet might stray For lack of proper 1afning; But Nature kindly sets her signs On Dangers chosen dwelling; Without them, what would come to us, There isn't any telling. Just reckon up your foolish friends, Each ones peculiar failing, And of that follycu yourself - At which in them you're railing; While, if you find some luckless one The same all through and over. You'd better far be unlike him Than find four-leaved clover. lay no claim to any store
 Of philosophic knowledge, But this I've learned by studies in That best but dearest college; Perhaps you think that school is meant For other people only; Or, maybe, your are wise in truth But don't you find it lonely!
 Miriam K. Davis, in Frank Leslie'a
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
The Passing Bell.

In olden times they used to ring the bell when the hour had arrived for the court to come in and hold its sessions, as they ought to do now for the court of common pleas.
 ''Is that the Passing bella" inquired venerable stranger visiting the town.
 "Ycs, sir, it is,' replied a wag of a lawyer, 'the Passing bell. It is the signal for you to come and pass your property into the hands of your law yers. ."-[New London Day.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

All is but lip wisdom which wants experience.
 Wealth and honors can never cure a a wounded conscience.
 Man must at some time in his life recognize his nothingness. He who would avoid sin must not stand in the doorway of temptation.
 One good act today is worth thous- and in contemplation for some future time.
 "Desire is tree in leaf; hope is a tree in flower, and enjoyment is tree in fruit"
 h. an angry moment man may. do what whole lifetime of repentance can- not undo.
 1t is better to have thorns m the flesh with grace to endure them, than to have no thorns and no grace. s
 He who docs base thing in zeal for his friend, burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.
 Good breeding is defined by Lord Chatham to be bcnevolence in trifes, ol the preference of others to ourselves in the daily occurrences of life.
 Honor is like the eye which cannot suffer the least impurity without dam. age; it is precious stone, the price o1 which is lcssenc cd by the least flaw.
 We havc all tho chance of meeting with some pity, some tenderness, some charity, when we are dead; it is thu living only who cannot be forgiven.
 Many persons fancy themselves friend ly when they arc only officious The. counsel not so much that you should be como wise as that they should bc recog nized as teachers of wisdom.
 Do not keep the alabaster boxes o your love and tenderness sealed up un til your friends are dead. Fill theil lives with sweetness, speak approving cheering words while their hearts can be thrilled by them. &
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
A Magniflcent Lemon.

Our friend Thomas c. Dixon, showed us magnificent lemon which he had gathered from a tree of his own raising. It was inches long and il Is inches in circumference and weighed over IA ounces. We were astonished to find that 1t was possible to raise such fruit in Chatham county. It is of excellent quality, and MT. Dixon's tree bears about two dozen year--[Pittsboro (N. O. Home
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
Proof of Devotion.

'And do you really love mo Gcorgc?' she asked,
 'Love you!' repeated George fer vently. "Why, while I was bidding you goodbye on the porch last night, dear, the dog bit large chunk out of my leg, and never noticed it till got home. Love !"-[ Bazar.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05

In an article on gambling in the me- tropolis the New York Sun says: s'The figures and the facts and the record of thousands of mems Wall street ex- deriences are all to one conclusion-the game of stock speculation is losing game. Not one speculator in 100 makes money there. The result is inevitable. Jay Gould did not make his vast fortune by speculation. He got it through great railroad deals, consultations and stock watering. His speculative efforts have not been more successful than those of other men. His losses have been many. There arc few men in this country who have made fortunes in Wall street. Thsre arc thousands of men who have lost fortunes there. The effect of the existing bucket-shop craze upon the boys and young men in every branch of in dustry in downtown New York is its most serious aspect. It is catching among them, and they are putting in many dollar that they do not take out. Every little while one of them makes { lucky hit, and all of his comrades heal of it and get the fever. The boy of ths period can buy a share of stock, or barrel of oil, or a bushel of grain or paper for $1, or ten shares for BIO, o 100 shares for $100. He is an office bo, or a clerk on five or ten dollars a week He makes lucky hit and finds himsel . few dollars ahead. He neglects hi work, or throws up his situation, ol hangs on, thinking of nothing but tht bucket shop and its easy method of giv ing him money All notions of honest oid-fashioned work leave his brain, ano he becomes good for nothing at aa early age."
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
Seals.

Sealing letter is nowadays, tho work of an instant, but how was it accom- plished before the invention of gummcd envelopesa A correspondent of Le Livre describes the methods of scaling which have been employed from the re- motest antiquity.
 The first seals consisted of ring affixed to clay, and later to chalk or a mixture of pitch, wax, and plaster. The use of wax did not become general until the Middle Ages. Bccswax, ycllowcd by time, was the first variety of it used, and, after it, came sealing wax mixed with white substance. Red and green wax came in during the tweaxsh- century, and, hundred years later, tho list of colors was supplemented by nearly all those now to be found in wax.
 In the times of the First Empire, un- der Bonapartc, the French people began to use waters which were brought from Italy by the soldiers of the French army. These waters were cut with Q punch from thin leaf made of four Finally gummcd envelopes began everywhere to replace tho scaling wax and waters. The first of these envelopes were madc in England about the year 1S40.
 The seals chosen by different people arc often interesting, as indicating per sonal tastes. Goethe, after his return from Italy, sealed his letters with an antique head, such as that of Socrates, Minerva or Lcda The seal of tho as- tronomer Lalande had ship engraved upon it, and that of Meyerbecr, the com poser, had Tyre, with the legend, ''al- ways in tune"
 Victor Hugo's seal was very simple, merely the letters V. H. so arranged that when inverted they formed tho ci- her A. H.-[ Youths Companion.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05

The rapid increase in the number of great cities, especially in the United States, is one of the most remarkable facts of modern times. At the begin ming of the century there was no city in this country that could by any stretch of the imagination be termed great, for neither New York nor Philadelphia had as mss Is 70, 900 inhabitants; now there are twenty four cities that exceed this hgirc; and there are twenty that exceed 100, OOO There are four cities with pop ulations exceeding 300, 900, while Great Britain has but three cities of that size, or, counting Man chester and Salford as one, four. Russia has two such cities,
 but no other European country more than one. It is safe to say that by the end of the present century there will be at least eight cities of 800, 900 inhabitants in the United States, while Great Britain will certainly not have moro than six such cities and Germany, probably, two.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05

The study of medicine is evidently overdone in Germany. A committee of the association of German physicians has sent circular to tho directors of all the gymnasia of Germany asking them to dissuade students from adopting the medical profession. Accompanying the circular are statistics which show the proportion between the number of phy- sicians licensed each year and the num- Der who die or retire from the profession.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05

One of the most successful temperance workers beyond the Mississippi is Miss Laura Winklcr of Iowa. She was born blind, but her earnest zeal is not impaired to any serious extent by her affliction. shop. She visits factories during the noon hour and makes personal appeals to the workmen to shun "King Alco- hnl
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05

The Omaha Herald the other day had . curious article upon the subject why there are so many ''old maids" in New England. It bases it's conclusions on the statistics of seven graduating classes in . New England school, which show that out of nincty-nine graduates twenty seven had married, eleven had died and sixty-one were single, the last class graduating in 1876. The paper gives as the cause of this the fact that most of marriageable men leave New England and do not return, leaving the girls to a state of enforced spinsterhood.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05

Statistioe show that the consumption of suga1 = last fifty years has gone up from sbCS fifteen to seventy pounds per head; of tea from one and one-quar- ter to four and three quarters pounds per head, of tobacco from .So to 40 pounds pc1 head, and so on.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05

The popular idea, which assumes that many foreigners reside in Japan and that largo numbers are employed in the gov ernmcnt service, is very erroneous. Ac- eording to the latest returns, the total number of foreign residents is 2556, of which only 592 are Americans. There are but 134 foreigners altogether in the public service, of which number only 17 arc Americans.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05

Within tha last two years and half the number of national banh in the South has inereasad 37 per cent, in the Western States. .asaa-per cent, while in the Eastern and Middle States it has been less than 3 per ceat. During the time mentioned 450 new national banks have been organizel in this country.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
The Business for the Boy.

Fond Mother-Pa, what business do you think we ought to start Willard in9 He's getting to be IS years old and ought to get into something.
 Fond Father-It's hard telling what he's fitted for.
 Fond Mother-Yes, he's as proud as Lucifer, but he's as neat as wax.
 Fond Father-Well, then, let's start him in tho match business.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
A Land of Onions.

It is to be noted that Egypt is again becoming land of onion culture. Large quantities arc yearly shipped to Europe from Alexandria and other ports. A few years ago the trade hardly existed, while in two months of last year alone IA, 900 tons were shipped to Liverpool.
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
Night on the Farm.

Tis dcwfall on the lonely farm, The focks are gathered in the fold, The dusky air Is soft as balm,
 The daisies hide their hearts of gold. Slow, drowsy, swinging bells are heard In pastures dewy, dark and dim, And in the door-yard trees, bird Trills sleepily his evening hymn. The dark, blue deeps are full of stars; One lone lamp, in the hillside gloom A mile away Is red as Mars; The night is faint with sweet perfumes. At bedtime in the quiet house,
 Up through the wide old rooms I go, Without a lamp---and not mouse Is stirring. Loudly, to and fro, The old clock ticks, and easterly
 The ancient windows open high; Here the suns kiss will waken me,
 With bird-songs yelling up the sky.
 INew England Farmer
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05

Electricity has come to stay. Twelve
 miles of electric railway will be built this fall in Cincinnati, thirteen miles in Richmond, Va, and one mile in St. Joseph, Mo. Atlanta is to have an elec- trio system, Binghampton has four and a half miles and Wilmington will have a road a mile and a half long. A six-mlle road will run from Baltimore to Ellicott
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
What Made Her Nervous.

Old lady-Conductor, I hope there 1sn't going to be collision.
 Conductor-I hope not
 Old lady-I want you to be very keer- full. Pve got two dozen eggs in this basket
Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05
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Connecticut western news., 1887-10-05

London hasa great problem. It has 2,6O0, 900 people unable to get into place of worship. In Central London, with 2, 0o0, 900. there is cnly accommo- dation for 600, O0a
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-09
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET,

IN hh-.pG Zoe per n.
|ss.,ssW AN-lial5c Tlb.
SsSN' sc higher.
|9sSyllu lheshuck. new, jIc; old. 55c.
Pam ma "a white, in sncAs OF IS Tbs 80
l1en'geal' w. sack, of "a lbs, 65c.
Hggev,t -5 sa31sc per N.
brh' Itdin li'Gllc per NJ; half cream
.ibysa 1klmmed, loo per H.
s59s~ t,t u barrels, 81 W; half barrel. 81 ~.
liL6Tu ogll at BDSc.
NJ ps, ocal mills quote in CARLOAD lots
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10 'Hmlly - W. low grades 81 ~
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-09

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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-09

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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH,


KEC"Ts AT UNITED STATES PORTS.
GALvEsroS, sept the following IN .
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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-09
GALVESTON COTTON
NEW ORLFANs COTTON.

NEW ORLEANS, sept Spot cotton closed
steady, hut lis lower 'orsii grades above
middlins.
sales, 2,lOO. stock 20,yH
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-09
.rocKs Ann BONDS.

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NEW oNLEANs c0rroN YrrrNE..

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-08-03
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL

New YORK, Aug. 3.-Tbo opening of the stock
market was irregular but generally strong at ad-
vances extending to q per cent. generally. The
general market was only fairly active, but there
was very large business in few stocks. Prices
were firm in tho early dealings, but few stocks
showed decided strength and rose fractionally.
The market afterwards recoded small fractions
from the best prices and became qnite dull There
was renewed activity accompanied by increased
strength late in the hour, and at IL o'clock the
market was fairly active and firm. Money easy
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